XLIII short thoughts on the Springsteen halftime performance

1. misguided
2. enthusiastic
3. phony
4. hokey
5. embarrassing
6. canned
7. overblown
8. surprisingly athletic!
9. unspontaneous
10. depressing
11. weird
12. just off
13. wide left
14. wrong wrong wrong
15. predictable
16. oh no...gospel choir!
17. caricature
18. OK I guess
19. let me leave the room for a second, OK that's better
20. grinning
21. money grubbing
22. did I just see a referee?
23. self-congratulating
24. bombastic
25. respect-sapping
26. wistful for tom petty-making
27. at least he didn't bring sully onstage
28. rockin'
29. schmaltzy
30. cheesy
31. troubling
32. overgoofy
33. funny
34. sad
35. overlong
36. ultimately forgivable
37. poorly conceived
38. surprisingly lame
39. shameless
40. in need of shame
41. disappointing
42. forgettable
43. generally sucky